Burning a match is an example of a

1. chemical change.
2. physical change.
3. chemical property.
4. physical property.
Which best describes the role of a producer in an ecosystem?
1. A producer supplies light for the consumers in the ecosystem.
2. A producer supplies water for the consumers in the ecosystem.
3. A producer supplies oxygen for the consumers in the ecosystem.
4. A producer supplies energy for the consumers in the ecosystem.
Liquid water becomes a gas called water vapor through the process of

1. humidity
2. evaporation
3. transpiration
4. condensation
This planet is the largest of the inner planets. Its surface is mostly covered in water, giving it a
bluish appearance from space. This planet rotates every 24 hours. What is the name of this
planet?
1. Earth
2. Mercury
3. Mars
4. Venus
What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
1. Anemometer

2. Barometer
3. Wind vane
4. Psychrometer

The table shows estimates of where fresh water is stored by percentages.

Earth's Fresh Water
Source
Lakes
Glaciers & Ice
Rivers
Groundwater
Other
Which is the greatest source of fresh water?
1. lakes
2. rivers
3. groundwater
4. glaciers and ice
The four inner planets are, in order from the sun:
1. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
2. Mercury, Earth, Venus, Neptune
3. Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
4. Mars, Venus, Earth, Saturn
Which states of matter have a definite volume?

Percentage
0.25%
69%
0.006%
30%
<1%

1. solid and gas

2. solid and liquid
3. gas and liquid
4. solid, liquid, and gas
Freshwater can become polluted and unsafe for drinking or cooking. The word that most closely
defines polluted is
.
1. contained
2. salt water
3. purified
4. contaminated
What is the blanket of air surrounding the earth?
1. front
2. climate
3. humidity
4. atmosphere
Which is the best example of a human impact on the atmosphere?
1. burning fossil fuels
2. mining for mineral ores
3. building a dam for hydroelectric energy
4. hunting passenger pigeons to extinction
What is the center layer of the Earth called?
1. Crust
2. Core
3. Mantle

4. Atmosphere
Air pollution can be caused by
1. chemicals
2. burning fossil fuels or trash
3. dust
4. all of the above
What measurement is best used to measure the distance between stars?
1. Meters
2. Kilometers
3. Light Years
4. Miles
Bones, ligaments and cartilage form the

1. skeletal system
2. muscular system
3. respiratory system
4. circulatory system
Which of these is an example of a physical change?
1. An apple turning brown when exposed to air.
2. Fireworks exploding in bright flashes of color.
3. Spoiled food smelling bad in a trash can.
4. Large rocks getting crushed to be used as gravel.

An example of a decomposer would be

1. bacteria
2. water
3. energy
4. niche
Animals that hunt other animals to eat are called

1. prey
2. omnivores
3. predators
4. herbivores
What Earth does every 24 hours on its axis.
1. orbit
2. revolution
3. rotate
Steps to follow to test an idea.
1. plan
2. scientific method
3. organization
4. hypothesis
Carbon dioxide enters the leaves through the
1. roots
2. stem
3. stomata

4. flowers
The Sun is a star.
1. True
2. False
Earth has one moon.
1. True
2. False
Why are we able to walk on Earth?
1. Sun
2. force
3. gravity
4. motion

The center of our solar system is

1. the Milky Way

2. the Sun
3. Earth
Mars is the

planet from the Sun.

1. second
2. third
3. fourth
is the measure of how hot or cold something is.
1. thermometer

2. radiation
3. temperature
4. conduction
What is an organism that feeds only on plants called?
1. carnivore
2. herbivore
3. omnivore
4. detritivore
A change of matter that occurs when atoms link together in a new way, creating a new substance
different from the original substance.
1. chemical change
2. physical change
3. energy change
4. matter change

Cooling makes a liquid turn into a solid

1. melt
2. freeze
3. evaporate
4. condense
During photosynthesis, what do plants give out?
1. water
2. oxygen

3. carbon dioxide
4. all of the above
What are the basic unit of living things?
1. Organ
2. Cell
3. Tissue
4. Organ System
The organ that pumps oxygenated blood to the body and deoxygenated blood to the lungs is
called the
.
1. brain
2. liver
3. heart
Heating makes a solid turn into a liquid.
1. melt
2. freeze
3. evaporate
4. condense
This is the process of a gas becoming a liquid
1. condensation
2. precipitation
3. evaporation

What is the largest artery?

1. aorta
2. pulmonary artery
3. superior vena cava
The process in which materials are eroded by weather or ice and are dropped into a new place,
creating a new landform
1. Weathering
2. Deposition
3. Erosion
This planet the seventh planet from the Sun and is different from other planets because it rotates
on its side.
1. Uranus
2. Neptune
3. Mars
Skin color is determined by the amount of

1. melanin
2. dermis
3. cuticle
Over time igneous rocks become sedimentary rocks, sedimentary rocks then become
metamorphic rocks. This is know as the
1. water cycle
2. geologic cycle
3. atmosphere cycle
4. rock cycle
The primary organ of a plant that captures light is the
1. root

2. leaf
3. stem
4. flower